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J. H. PBLMLEE. WRAPPING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914,

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WRAPPING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.18, 1913.

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.IoHN H. EELMLEE'oE WHEELING, WEST "I'IIEGINIA, ASSIGNon, BY DIEEcT AND kMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To THE PROGRESSIVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A oonPoBATlIoN. i

WRAPPINGjMACHINE.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Application led November 18,1913. Serial No. 801,700. I

, ing to be a I'ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable-others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being `had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters and gures ofv reference marked thereon, which form a-part of this specification.v

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus for wrapping articleso-f various kinds and comprises a simple and `ecient automatic means ofthis nature having various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanving drawf ings and then specifically deinedin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in. which Figure l is a side elevation ofy the appara.- tus.` Fig. 2 'is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional View thiough a part of the apparatus. Fig. 4 isa central sectional View through the delivery end of the machine. Vthe delivery end of the machine. Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of a portion of the machine. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a Sectional view online 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8' is a Sec' tional view on line 8%-8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 9

is a top plan view oft-he table of the machine, a portionrbeing` cut away to better illustrate parts ofthe apparatus. Fig. 10. is a detail sectional view showing a portion of the' knife in-elevation.` Fig. 11 is topvplan viewi of the main power shaft andcams show,- ing the friction paperfeeding rolls and parts being in section.' Fig. 12 is atop. plan view of a portion oftnetable'arrdpaperguiding and folding mechanism. Fig.-v13-1s a sectional View on line 13-13 of Fig. 12.

' 14 is al detail in elevation taken;v on line 14-14 of Fig. 5. Fig. 15 is a similar sec- Fig. 44: is a side elevation of- Fig. 18 is a detail sectional view tional view on line 19-19 of Fig. 2. Fig. 20 is a sectional view on line 20-20 of. Fig. 21 is a sectional view on line 21-21 of rig. 6. Figs. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 are detail views showing the .diierent positions that the wrapper assumes from-the time-it. receives the parcel to its completed. wrapped state, and Figs. 30, 31 and 32 are detail sections through the dei livery end of the'machine.

Reference now being had tothe details of the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the frame of the apparatus which may be of any suitableemateriahhaving a table top 2, and v3 designates an operating shaft mounted iniv suitable bearings` adapted to be driven by' any suitable power. Said shaft has keyed thereto the paper feeding wheels 4, two ofv which are shown in the drawings (see Fig. 11; and-which are spaced apart and of. any suitable diameter- Said rollers coperate with a spring-pressed roller" 5, the spindle ends 6 of which, are ]ournaled in bearings in the' elbow member 7 at one.' end and an arm 8 at the other, each of whichhas a boss Q held in-an adjusted `position upon the shaft llby set screws 11.v Boxings 12, each having,an. integral pin 13 projecting therefrom, rest upon t-he spindle ends 6 of the roller and bars 14 are heldl by screws 15 upon the pillar plates 16 which are supportedby the top plate 17 mounted upon the posts 18 which rest upon the table 2. Said elbow member 7 'is provided with an arm 19 car-4 rying-an-anti-frietipn'roHer 20 which is disposed in the path of the adjacent cam members 21 which are` mounted upon the disk 22 keyed tothe shaft 3. By the provision of these adjustable. cams upon the disk 22, means is-provided whereby. at each revoluf'tipn of the shaft said cam members may contact with the antifriction roller 20 and cause the roller 5 to be raissd out of frictional contact with the paper, thus allowing the paper to be at rest atan interval during the wrapping process.

The reels of paper, there being two shown in the drawings, are illustrated by numerals 24 and 25, the former of which has spindle ends 26 which are journaled in the plates 27 fastened to the standards 28 'upon an extension 27X of the table. The sheet of paper, designated by numeral 29, as it unreels passes underneath the rod 30 thence underneath the spring-pressed plate 30x which is hinged to the rod 305 carried by the bracket arms 321c and which plate 30X tends to. hold the wrapping paper from wrinkling and steady the same as it is fed forward. The wrapping paper thence passes forward to the two rollers 31 and 32, the latter of which is journaled in stationary bearings while one end of the roller 31 has a conical projecting part 33 about its spindle, said spindlesjbeing journaled in the recessesv 34 formed in the upright standards 35 upon the top plate 17.

A plate, designated by numeral 36, is adjustably held upon one of said standards 35 by means of set screws 37 passing through slots in the standard and said plate 36 has a recess 38 formed in the lower edge thereof and the edge of the recess is beveled as at 39, forming a contact surface against vwhich the conical-shaped projection upon the roller is adapted to bear as an end thrust is given to said roller 31. A similar plate, designated by numeral 40, is fastened to the other of the standards in which the roller 31 is mounted and has a recess 41 fitting over the spindle end of the shaft and which plate is also adapted to be held in adjusted positions by means of set screws 42.

. A hand wheel, designated by numeral 43, is fastenedv to the' projecting spindle end of said roller 31 and forms a convenient means whereby an inner longitudinal movement may be imparted to the roller when it is desired to cause the latter to be thrown into such a position as to coperate with the under roller 32 to adjust the paper back or forward as may be necessary. Springs, designated by numeral 44, are provided which bear against the spindle ends of the roller 31 and tend to hold the roller suspended a slight distance, suicient to allow the roller to permit the paper to move freely underneath the saine during the operation of the folding process.

The second reel of wrapping paper is provided with spindle ends 45 which are journaled in the bracket plates 46 upon the standard 47 and the paper from the reel 25 is adapted to be fed between the rollers 31 and, 32, thence forward to the wrapping part of the apparatus. Weights,'designated by numerals 48 and 49, bear against the reels 24 and 25 and serve as tension means to prevent the reels from unwinding surplus paper during the operation of the apparatus.

Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it' will be seen how the paper advances for- J ward to receive the package to be wrapped and in which view a guide plate 50 is "shown, pivotally mounted upon the pins 51v carried by the pillar block, and a screw 52 is mounted in threaded openings in said guideplate 50 and adapted to bear against the top 17 vfed forward to a location ywhere the paper is severed by a knifev a'nd which will be presently described. Another guide rack is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings andis designated by numeral 56 and which is provided with apertured ends for the reception of the set screws 57.

Projecting from the upper surface of the top 17 is'an inclined plate 571i with slots 57y upon either side of a central finger 56X and which plateA with its curved finger 56x is adapted to receive the wrapping paper as it is fed forward, the paper passmg under said linger and which tends to prevent the wrapping paper from curling up and catchmg upon objects when the paper is being fed through in position to-receive vthe article tobe wrapped.

Referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings will be seen a boxing 58, with open top and bottom, into which the articles to be wrapped are fed in any suitable manner, as by means of a chute 59, shown clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and which boxing is provided with shelves 60 xed to rock shafts 6l jourlnaled on the outside of said boxing, said shelves vextending into the interior of the' latterl and the bottom and upon which the article 60x to be wrapped is temporarily supported before being deposited upon the wrapping papers beneath..

Directly underneath the boxing is an opening 62 into which the article to be wrapped withthe paper beneath it is deposited by means of a plunger 63 which is fastened to a bar 64 which in turn is held in any suitable manner to the vertically adjustable bar 65. Said bar ,65 is guided in its longitudinal 4movements by the walls of the slots in the frame of the apparatus, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and a spring, designated by numeral 66, is'fastenedto a hook 67 upon the under side of the table top and also to a pin .68 upon said bar, which spring is provided for the purpose of dog which will be presentlydescribed and which is provided for the purpose of-raising the plunger.- Pivotally connected to saidl har 65 is a link 69 which in turn is pivotally connected at 70 to one end of the tilting lever 71, a detail of which lever is shown in Fig. 14 of the drawings, and which 7lever is pivotally mounted upon a pin 72 held in an aperture vin the lugs 73 projecting from the lower surface of the table top. Said lever t 71 has a curved arm terminating in a hooked end 74, shown clearly in Fig.14 of the drawings, and which is adapted 'to be engaged by an antifriction roller journaled on the pin 76 projecting from the face of a disk 77 which is keyed to the driving shaft 3. It will be noted upon reference to said Fig. 14

that, by the peculiar shape ofthe curved end v of the lever 71, the antifriction roller 75 is -allowed to move a certain distance in its revolution without comingvin contact with the inner curved edgeof the lever but, when said antifriction roller contacts with the hooked end 74, it will cause the lever to tilt from the position sho-wn in solid lines in Fig. 14 to that shown in dotted lines and in which tilting movement the lever will move without interferen'cewith the shaft 3. As the lever 71 tilts, the vertically disposed bar 65, which is fastened to the plunger, will draw the latter d'own, forcing the article to be wrapped down into the recess 62 with the friction roller 74 `is mounted, is a semicircular cam-shaped projection 77K from which, near one end thereof, a pin 77y projects which is adapted to engagea slot 71X formed5 in an offset portion 71EL of the lever 71, serving to positively hold the bar 65 from moving in either direction when the pin is thus interlocked in the slot. `Simultaneously with the engagement of the pin with said slot, the end of the cam 77X will strike the offset 71a adjacent to the slot in the arm of the lever 71 and said cam and pin moving together will impart a positive upward movement to the har 65 through the connection in the lever therewith, returning the bar to its normal upright position. Said cam 77X also serves to positively h o-ld the plunger which is connected to the bar 65 toits highest limit until such a moment as the apparatus. is adapted to actuate the plunger to force the article to y'said spring 9 ments in an aperture in the crosspiece 82,'

tudinal slot 84 therein, in which the horizontally disposed bar 64 and a collar 64x, held thereto by heans of a set screw 64V, have a. play. Said collar64x has .slots 65x formed in the opposite` edges thereof (shown clearly in Fig. 21) in which the edges of the slot in the yoke 83 are guided and which slots prevent a lateral movement of the yoke 83. It will be understood that the collar 64x maybe held in diferent adj usted positions upon the bar 64 andy also the yoke 83l adjusted to different positions accordingly as it may be desired to adapt the apparatus to wrap parcels of`diierentsizes. Said yoke 83 is provided with laterally projecting pins 85 which are adapted to support the plate when the plunger is moving downward by said pins coming against the upper edges of the crosspiece 86 of the boxing in which'the article to be wrapped is deposited, thereby holding the plate out of the way of the paper while the paper is being fed underneath the boxing to receivethe article to be wrapped. Other pins, designated by numeral 87, project from the opposite'side of the plate, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and which are adapted to engage underneath the arms 88 which are fixed, one to corresponding ends of each rock shaft 61, thus forming a means for throwing and holding the article in the` positionshown in Fig. 3 to support the article to be wrapped before it is moved to its position within the opening 62 where the initial vfolding operation is performed. "As the horizontally disposed bar 64 rises, the collar 64X' will contact with the endof the spring 90 and cause the yoke to be raised to its highest position. Said spring 90is fastened at oneend by meansI of the screw 91 to the horizontally disposed bar 64, the purpose of ment of the plate and tend to insure its being elevated to its highest limit and insure the shelves being held in horizontal position.

Pivotally mounted upon the standards 92 of the framework are the bars 93, shown clearly in Fig. 6a`nd which carry a shaft 94 at their forward ends and upon which the angled ends 95 of the cross bar 96 are journaled and to which cross bar the plate 97, having its inner end 98 bent downwardly at an angle, as shown in Fig. 6, is fastened and which crosspiece has a notch 99 formed in its free edge to receive the end of the horizontally disposed bar 64. The downwardly extending port-ion 98 of said plate is adapted to engage over the edge of the lower end of the article to be wrapped to positively hold the article from moving into position to rest being to cushion the move. A

5 movement of ethe plunger by the latter coming in contact with the under edge of the cross bar 96. j Y

lIn order to further assist and guide the wrapping paper as it is fed forward and to prevent the edgesof the paper from curling up, I provide the plates 100, shown in top` plan view (Figs. 2 and 5) and which are fastened to a folding platev 101 which is bent upon itself and is adapted to straddle the upper table 17, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Said plate 101 is fastened to the horizontally and longitudinally movable plate 103 which is slo-tted at 104 to receive the screws 105 which are fastened to the plate 17-and serve to guide said plate 103 in its longitudinal movement. A lug 105x, projecting downward from the clip 106 and eX- tending through a Sloty107 in the plate 103, is disposed in the path of a cam wheel 108 which is fixed to the shaft 3-and which cam will cause a forward longitudinal movement to be imparted t'o the plate 103 at each revolution thereof. A coiled spring, designated by numeral 109, is fastened'- at one end to a hook upon the plate 103 and its other end is secured to the plate 17 and tends to return the plate 103 to its normal position after having been driven forward by the mechanism described. j

The mechanism for severing the paper is shown' in detail in Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive .and consists of the knife 110 which is pivotally mounted uponA a 111 carried by the.

standard 112, said knife being adapted to have a swinging movement in a slot v113 formed by the adjustable plates 114 and 115 which are held upon the top`17 by means of set screws 116 passing through transverse slots 118 formed in the plates 114'` and 115. It will also be noted that the standard 112 is adjustably held upon the top 17 and adapted-for slight adjustment as may be dev Fixed.

sired to suit different sized parcel. to the shaft 3 is a disk 119, an enlarged detail view of which is shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, and which carries an antifriction roller 120 mounted upon a pin 121 project-v ing from the face thereof. A collar 122, integral with the disk 1 19, is rovided with an indenture 123 in its circum erence and which isadapted to engage a lug 124 upon the lever v 125 at each revolution of said disk 119. The lever 125 is pivotally mounted upon a pin 126 carried by the lug 127 and its other end through the medium of a pivotal pin 128, to a link 129 which in turn is pivotally coni v nected at 130 to the shank portion of the knife 110. Said lever 125 is provided with a piypjection 131 upon the face thereof which is pivotally and adjustably connected,

is in the path of the antifriction roller 120 at each revolution of the disk, causing the lever to be depressed so that the lug 124 will 4engage the indenture`formed in the boss of the disk and in the downward movement of the lever the knife will be caused to swing down between the adjacent edges into the slot 113 intermediate the adjustable plates 114 and 115. It will be gunderstood that in operation the under edge of the lever 125 rides upon the circumference of the boss or integral collar 122 upon the disk 119 and that at each revolution of the boss, when the lug 124 comes opposite the indenture 123, the aitifriction -roller 120 will force the lever still downward, causing the projection to enter said indenture and which causes the knife to swing down and cut the paper and partially folded, forward to receive the other/p5 folds of the wrapper consists of a longitudinally movable member 132 which is mounted to have. a sliding movement in the slotted bracket plates 133 fastened to the under side of the table top.v Said member'132 has a forked end, one arm 134. of which has an angled cam projection 135 thereon, which is disposed in the path of an oval shaped cam projection 136 u on the face of the disk 137 fixed to the sha t 3 and which movement at ach revolution of said disk 137 by contact with the cam 136 with the cam 135 will cause a longitudinal movement to be imparted to the member 132 in one direction toward the article to be wrapped. Projecting from the disk137, lon the face opposite the one from' which the lug 136 extends` is a cam 13,7ab which is adapted at each revolution of the disk to contact with the encl135a upon the arm 134- to retun the longitudinally movable bar 132 to its normal position after having been driven forward by.. thecam 136 coming in contact with the cam 135. A bar, designated b lnumeral'138, is held by means of a screw 1 9 to the arma 134 of said member 134 and also by a projecting portion 138x to the bar 132 by means of\fn adjusting screw 1387, and has its other en bent at an angle and fastened toa plunger plate 140 adapted to advance the article being folded as it is receiving the initial foldof the end iiaps. vA second plate, designated by 11u-v 'meral 141, is recessed upon -its under surface whicha link 143 is pivoted upon the-pin 144,

upturned portion 151 togwhich the plates 153x are fastened by means of the screw 153y (shown clearly in Fig. 17) and which plates are bentfto form end folding members 153` (shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 17 of the drawings). Said plates are adapted to be held nearerv to or farther from each other accordingly as it may be desired to. fold articles of different sizes. It will be understood that, by thevparticular construction shown -and described for operating the plun'gerand members for folding the end liaps, said plunger and members sta'rt to move forward simultaneously but thatv in their` forward movements the movement of the plate 141 will be accelerated and causing saidl members-,to fold theend flaps 'by the time `they limit. ,A j

A plate 154 is adjustably fastened to the member 132, extending below the same, and

plunger has reached its farthesty forward is provided with an elongated curved and downwardly extending slot '155 through which a shaft 156 passes, carrying an antiiction roller 157 which travels in 'said curved slot. l Said shaft 156 is fastened, at its ends to the curved barsf158 whichxin turn are-pivotallyl connected .to arms 159 of the angle leversv` 160, saidk angle bars being pivotally mounted upon'thepins 161 which. are fastened'to the side walls 162 of the conduit upon the table through which the articles pass after being wrapped.' Upon the arms 163 of said angle levers are mounted'the top folding members 164 "which, as

:shown in the drawings, have their inner faces parallel to each otherand their under edges preferably rounded. Each of said arms 163 is bent as shown so as not to vinterfere with vthe projecting, partially foldedb ilapsof a wrapper. Ea'chwall'of the consprings being positioned a slight distance* Afrom the inner surface of the side vwalls and adapted to yield slightly as the articles are passing through the conduit. rIfhis yielding movement of the springs tends to press the folded flaps against thev end of the article. Other springs, designated by -nui meral 171, are positioned along the inner faces of the side wallsof the conduit and have contracted portions 172 which pass through slots v'17,3 said side walls and fastened.' in any suitable mannerto the outer faces of the walls. Said springs 171 tend `.to hold the iaps folded until they pass out the exit end of thev conduit. Horizontally disposed springs 177 have their forward ends fastened to the top of the conduit adj acent to the ends thereof and are adapted to bear against the upper wrapped faces of the articles as they are fed through the conduit v y In order to adapt the conduit to different size articles being wrapped, said side walls are made adjustable through the medium of the slotted'an le'plates 175x which are fastened to said alle-and held by means of set screws 175 which pass through slots 176.

The operation of my apparatus ywill be readily .understood and is as follows The v` two wrapping paprs will be fed forward between the rollers 4 and 5 by'friction. When the forward edge of vthe'wrapping paper.

advances beyond thel forward ed'ge of the extensible guide 53, the adjustable cams 108 will come in contactwithythe lug 105X and cause the plates' 103 to be moved forwardand Awith said plates 103 the folding plate101 will be moved, the ,plates 100 guiding the forward edge of the wrapper and holding the same from `curling upV or wrinklingas they move forward together. In the further rotary movement of the operating shaft, the wrapper will be fed forward until it passes up between the inclined plate ,57.* and underneath the linger 575. When the wrapping paper has been fed forward, being measured to the proper length and which feeding is predetermined by theadjhstment of the feeding rollers, the cam 108will have passed bythe lug 105x and the` springs 109 will cause the plates 103 4and. the folding plate` 101 fastened thereto to return to their starting-,positionthe movements of the plates wrapped and will bein position to hold the measured strip ofpaperwhile the same is being severed. It will be-understood that the folding plate, in its forwardA movement,

folds down the first vertical edge of the wrapper upon the' article being folded as the plates 100 attached thereto are guiding the succeeding. wrapper forward to its position to be wrapped about the following article. Before the wrapping paper 'is cut, the adjustable cam members-will have vcome in contact with the antifriction roller upon the, elbow and cause thefriction roller 5 to rise froml contact. with the aper, causing the latter to come to rest, a er which the anti.-

100 being so adjusted'that the latter will "beR out cfg-the path of' the. article being friction roller 120 upon the vdisk 119 will come in contact with the cam projection 131 upon the lever 125 and cause the same to tilt down so that the lug 124 will engage the indenture 123 in the integral collar 2122. This downward movement of the lever 125, which is pivotally connected to the knife, will cause the latter to swing down between the adjacent edges of the adjustable plates 114 and 115 upon the upper top 17. The moment the antifriction roller 120 passes by the cam projection 131, the lug 124 will be raised out of the indenture by the lugscoming in contact with the circumference of said integral collar and the knife will be quickly returned to its normal position and out of the path of the wrapping paper. Simultaneously with the returning of the knife to its normal position, the article to be wrapped, which has been fedto and rests upon the oppositelydisposed shelves upon the rock shafts, will vbe allowed to be pushed down withthe wrapping paper through the medium of the depressible plunger 63, this movement being effected through the medium of the connection of said plunger with the vertically movable bar 65 which has pivotal link connections with the lever 71, the latter being tilted by the antifriction roller 76 coming in contact with theH hooked end 74 oflone arm of said lever 71. As the bar 65 moves downward, the yoke 83 will lower suiciently to allow the arms 88 to clear the pins 87 andwhich will cause the shafts 6l to rock and shelves turning down tovertical positions will allow the article to be wrapped to be depressed to its lowest position (Fig. 3).

-' Said plates 65x will be limited in'their downwardmovements by the pins 85 thereon coming in contact with the upper edge of the end wall 86 of the boxing. Simultaneously with the return movement of the depres'sible plunger, the plunger 140 starts forward, being operated by the cam 136 upon the disk 137 coming in contact with the inclined edge of the cam 135, causing a longitudinal movement to be imparted to the plate 132. The end folding members, designated by numeral 153, also start forward simultaneously with the forward movement of the plunger 140 and steadily gain upon the movement of the plunger 140 and will foldin the rst vertical end fiap by the 'time the members have reached their farthest limit and at which time the plunger 140 will have pushed the partially wrapped article from under the depressible plunger 63.- As the article being wrapped'is moved forward,the folding plate 101 will cause the first top flap to be folded*K the conduit adjacent to the entrance of which the last Hap is folded.

After a new wrapper has been fed forward to be folded about a following article, the operation is repeated, .the series of articles with the wrappers about the same pushing one another forward into the conduit. As

the first article comes in a certain position,

the longitudinally movable plate 132 with the curvedqand inclined slot therein will have caused the angle levers carrying the end folding members to be thrown downward and the end folding members 164 will come in contact with and fold down the top overlapping flaps against the opposite ends of the article. A further forward movement of the article with .the end top viiap folded will cause the side flap to come in contact with the ends of the side walls of the conduit and fold the side ap against the end of the article anddcause the vertical end flaps to be folded against the end .of the article and which will leave the last flaps along the bottom to be folded up against the article. As the article with all its flaps, excepting the bottom one, folded enters the conduit, the end folded flap will be held against the end of the article with the vertically disposed spring plates adjacent to the side walls of the conduit and the bottom aps as they enter the inclined slots in the side walls of the conduit, the larticle being pushed forward by a succeeding partially wrapped article, will come in contact with the inclined edges of the slots, the curvature of the edges of the latter causing the last flap to be folded up as it passes between the overlapping ends of the springs 170 and 171, which latter4 are vertically disposed and adjacent to the side walls of the conduit and coperate with the horizontally disposed springs in the top of the conduit to hold the wrapper in its folded relation until it makes exit from the end of the latter where the articles are adapted to be discharged. As the dcpressible plunger 63 returns to its upper limit, the adjustable collar 64v upon vthe cross plate 64 will come Ain contact with the upper end of a slot in the yoke 83 and cause said yoke to move upward and, as the pins 87 thereon come in contact with the arms 88 which are fixed to the rock shafts, will cause the latter to rock back to their normal positions and with them the shelves which are fixed to the rock shafts will be thrown to horizontal positions, shown in 3, and in readiness to receive a succeeding article which may be fed through the chute 59. It will be noted that each article will be held from moving into position to be depressed by the plunger 63 by the angled end 98 of the plate 97, which angled end is raised out of the path of the article by the plunger 63 as it contacts with the under edge of the bar 96 which carries the plate 97, thus leaving the path unobstructed for the following article to slide down upon the shelves after the preceding article has been depressed and receives its wrapper. l

It will be noted from the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, that the parts of the mechanism may be adjusted so that the machine may be adapted for wrapping articles of vario-us sizes and the wrapping paper may be .fed forward and measured off to predetermined lengths before it is severed by the knife, meansA being provided to prevent the wrappingpaper curlingup as it is fed forward to the position to receive the article to be wrapped.

In the event of it being desired to adjust the paper, it may be done when the paper is at rest and in which position the paper friction feeding-roller 5 is raised from contact with the paper by end thrust imparted to the roller 31, which has a conical-shaped projection upon the end thereof which will come in contact with the edge of the recess l in the bearing plate which holds the spindle end of said roller and which will cause4 the latter to frictionally engage the paper and wrapped within the boxing and over the wrapping paper, means for releasing the shelves to allow the same totilt, mechanism for depressing the article-with the wrapper to a position below said boxing, a knife for cutting the wrapper', a horizontally movable plunger positioned adjacent to the boxing as the article and wrapper are depressed, said plunger serving to cause the wrapper tofold against one side of the article, reciprocating means for folding one edge of the wrapper over the top of the article, mechanism underneath which the article thus partially wrapped is moved by said horizontally movable plunger, means for folding the vertical flaps upon one side of the article as the latter is moved by said horizontally movable plunger, movable members for folding the top flaps down against the ends of the arti-4 cle, a conduit, `the side wallsof which are adapted to fold the other vertical side iaps as the article is advanced, and means for folding the bottom flaps up against the ends of the article, as set forth.

2. An automatic apparatus for wrapping articles comprising a frame having a boxing to receive the article to be wrapped, tilting shelves within the boxing, a vertically movable plunger and means for moving the same against the upper surface of the article and depressing the latter witlr the wrapper underneath, a vertically movable yoke with projections thereon adapted to release said shelves to allow the article to be depressedv with the wrapper underneath, said shelves being adapted to be returned to their normal positions as thevertically movable plunger returns to its start-ing position, reciprocating means for folding one edge of the Wrap- Y per over the to-p of the article, a horizontally movable plunger, a knife for cutting the wrapper, mechanism underneath which the article thus partially wrapped is moved by i said horizontally. movable plunger, means 3. An automatic apparatus for wrapping articles comprising a frame having a-boxing to receive the article to be wrapped, rock .shafts journaled adjacent to the walls of the boxing, a knife for cutting the wrapper, a

-shelf projecting from each shaft, arms fixed to each fshaft, a vertically reciprocating yoke, lugs projecting from the yoke and adapted to engage said arms to hold the shelves in horizontal positions within said movable bo-xing, a vertically movable plunger adapt- V ed to contact with the upper surface ofthe article and depress the latter with the wrapper underneath, reciprocating means for folding one edge of the wrapper over the top of the article, a horizontally movable plunger, mechanism underneath .whichthe article thus partially wrapped is moved by said horizontally movable plunger, means for folding the vertical iaps upon one side 0f the article as the latter is moved by said horizontally movable plunger, movable members for folding the top flaps down against the ends of the article, a conduit, the side walls of which are adapted to fold the other vertical side flaps as 'the article is advanced, and means for folding the bottom flaps up against the ends of the article, as set forth.

4:. A11 automatic apparatus for wrapping articles comprising a Vframe having a boxing to receive the articles to be Wrapped, rock shafts journal'ed adjacent to the walls of the boxing, aknife foil cutting the wrapper. a shelf projecting from each shaft, arms fixed to each shaft, a vertically movable plunger, a bar to which the same is fastened, a yoke supported by saidbar and raised bythe latter to its highest limit, means for preventing a lateralmovement to the yoke, said vertically movable plunger ada'ptedto contact with the upper surface of the article and de- 

